The Tenth Annual AltBuild Expo and Conference Presented by the City of Santa Monica is the largest and most-respected green design and building expo in Southern California for both professionals and public.

The Expo features more than 150 hand-picked exhibitors featuring the world’s best in green building and design materials.

FREE!Saturday @ 10 a.m.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speeches & SermonsCalifornia African American Museum600 State DriveExposition ParkDowntown Los Angeles213 744 7432www.caamuseum.org
Hundreds of digitally preserved speeches, sermons and correspondence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are on view at the California African American Museum to showcase the work of the civil rights leader. This is the last day to see this unprecedented documents.

JPMorgan Chase and The King Center in Atlanta, a team of more than 300, including U.S. veterans and students, have prepared more than 200,000 documents, including Dr. King’s I Have a Dream speech, the Letter from Birmingham Jail and his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. Those documents are now travelling around the country, in an interactive display called The King Center Imaging Project.

Low cost pet care services are yours at the mobile vet clinic at the Torrance-South Bay YMCA. Services offered by highly skilled, licensed veterinarians will include dog and cat vaccinations, prescription flea control, heartworm testing and prevention, microchipping, as well as health certificates for traveling pets.

Space is limited, so call the Torrance-South Bay YMCA at 310-325-5885 first.

Saturday @ 8:30 a.m.Orange County WALK like MADD® 5K Walk21551 Pacific Coast HughwayHuntington Beachwww.support.madd.org
WALK like MADD! You will join folks in 40-cities around the nation participating in a 5K walk to create a future without drunk driving and underage drinking. The goal of the event is to fundraiser and to raise awareness for MOTHER’S AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING programs and services.

The Dodgers invite mom and her favorite pooch to the Natural Balance “Bark in the Park” at Dodger Stadium. Bring your dogs to the park and help cheer the home team as the Dodgers host the Miami Marlins.

Mom might want to shake her groove thang at the 3rd Annual Inland Empire Reggie Festival in San Bernardino.
Take the kids, too mom. If they’re under the age of 12, they’re admission is FREE.Saturday @ 10am60th Anniversary Corvette CelebrationFins: Form Without FunctionPetersen Automotive Museum6060 Wilshire BoulevardLos Angeles323 930 2277www.petersen.org

If mom loves America’s sports car, she will enjoy the 60th anniversary of the Corvette celebration at the Petersen Automotive Museum.

On display, the first 1953 Corvette ever shown in public as well as the 1964 World’s Fair Corvette.

Also at the Petersen, this exhibit! FINS: FORM WITHOUT FUNCTION. Take a look at more than a dozen vehicles featuring the American outward expression of design prowess during this country’s era of postwar optimism.

If mom is a car lover, you might want to take her to the 3rd Annual Fire Service Recognition Day & Car Show in Watts, described as one of the largest car shows in the community. Live entertainment, great food and giveaways are part of the fun.

Ohhh, you will surely find something nice for mom at the Gem Faire at the Orange County Fair and Event Center. More than one-hundred vendors from around the world are here. You can even get your jewelry repaired while you shop!

Mom might like this as a Mother’s Day weekend treat! BARBECUE! The magnificent Queen Mary is the background for the second annual West Coast Barbecue Classic. Top barbecue pit masters from around the country compete for thousands of dollars in prize money and coveted “People’s Choice” Award.

And, this is the last weekend to seen this! The Flower Fields of Carlsbad are in full bloom. These spectacular colors on the rolling hills of North San Diego County will only last through Mother’s Day weekend. The nearly fifty acres of Ranunculus flowers will begin to fade after this weekend and will slowly disappear until next spring.